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1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague was the 40th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It was organized by FIBA Europe. It began on September 19, 1996, and ended on April 24, 1997. The competition's Final Four was held at Rome.

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
The PalaEUR in Rome hosted the final Four
Season1996-97
DatesSeptember 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997
Number of teams24
Finals
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (1st title)
  Runners-upSpain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third placeSlovenia Smelt Olimpija
Fourth placeFrance ASVEL
Final Four MVPUnited States David Rivers
Statistical leaders
Points Italy Carlton Myers 22.9
Rebounds United States Warren Kidd 10.6
Assists United States Michael Anderson 6.1

In the previous 5 seasons of the competition, the competition's official name was FIBA European League, or shortened to FIBA EuroLeague. This season was the first edition of the competition that took the shortened name of FIBA EuroLeague, as the league's official name.

Competition system edit

  • 24 teams (the national domestic league champions from the best leagues, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues). The competition culminated in a Final Four.

Country ranking edit

For the 1996–1997 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1995–96.[1]

Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1   Spain 321.667 3
2   Greece 299.667
3   Italy 216.667
4   France 123.238
5   Turkey 93.333 2
6   Russia 66
7   Croatia 63
8   Germany 61.389
9   Israel 50.905 1
10   Slovenia 41.333
11   Belgium 29
12   Yugoslavia 26
13   Portugal 24.5 0
14   Lithuania 19
15   Ukraine 15.389
16   Poland 12.111
17   Macedonia 11.778
18   Hungary 10.5
19   Slovakia 8.889
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20   Czech Republic 8.389 0
21   Austria 6.556
22   Switzerland 6.056
23   England 5.389
24   Cyprus 5
25   Sweden 4.722
26   Bulgaria 4
27   Latvia 3.667
28   Romania 2.778
29   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5
30   Luxembourg 2.167
31   Netherlands 1.944
32   Georgia 1.833
33   Finland 1.667
34   Estonia 1.5
35   Albania 1.444
36   Iceland 0.889
37   Belarus 0.278
38   Denmark 0.167

Team allocation edit

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
Regular season
  FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st)   Stefanel Milano (1st)   Efes Pilsen (1st)   Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)
  Caja San Fernando (2nd)   Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)   Ülker (2nd)   Alba Berlin (2nd)
  Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd)   Kinder Bologna (3rd)   CSKA Moscow (1st)   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
  Olympiacos (1st)   Pau-Orthez (1st)   Dynamo Moscow (2nd)   Smelt Olimpija (1st)
  Panathinaïkos (2nd)   ASVEL (2nd)   Cibona (1st)   Spirou Charleroi (1st)
  Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd)   Limoges CSP (3rd)   Croatia Osiguranje (2nd)   Partizan Inex (1st)

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MIL CSK MAC ÜLK LIM PAN
1   Stefanel Milano 10 7 3 775 727 +48 17 Advance to Group E — 87–74 85–88 67–65 79–66 90–66
2   CSKA Moscow 10 6 4 761 734 +27 16 70–55 — 89–80 71–76 74–65 96–66
3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 6 4 755 734 +21 16 78–68 77–78 — 71–65 69–77 69–57
4   Ülker 10 4 6 767 766 +1 14 Advance to Group F 67–73 73–76 84–80 — 99–91 87–69
5   Limoges CSP 10 4 6 757 788 −31 14 74–85 83–66 62–69 84–80 — 78–75
6   Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki 10 3 7 729 795 −66 13 79–86 72–67 69–74 84–71 92–77 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TSB EST CIB ALB OLY SPI
1   Teamsystem Bologna 10 7 3 773 742 +31 17 Advance to Group F — 100–86 54–66 82–72 81–72 87–78
2   Estudiantes Argentaria 10 6 4 798 821 −23 16 66–75 — 78–71 82–75 87–78 94–72
3   Cibona 10 6 4 713 679 +34 16 64–72 81–66 — 78–68 63–61 75–66
4   Alba Berlin 10 6 4 755 723 +32 16 Advance to Group E 81–64 78–79 79–71 — 62–61 94–73
5   Olympiacos 10 5 5 770 711 +59 15 96–80 110–78 62–61 64–67 — 87–60
6   Spirou Charleroi 10 0 10 699 832 −133 10 61–78 75–82 73–77 69–79 78–79 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAO OLI ASV FCB CRO BAY
1   Panathinaïkos 10 8 2 736 693 +43 18 Advance to Group G — 75–67 66–72 79–75 72–50 87–79
2   Smelt Olimpija 10 7 3 753 669 +84 17 74–76 — 73–60 77–65 81–53 86–70
3   ASVEL 10 7 3 738 718 +20 17 74–80 70–69 — 91–90 78–59 72–64
4   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 10 4 6 767 734 +33 14 Advance to Group H 77–58 70–71 78–81 — 68–70 90–71
5   Croatia Osiguranje 10 4 6 630 705 −75 14 58–65 53–66 73–61 65–75 — 86–79
6   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 0 10 704 809 −105 10 67–78 77–89 66–79 71–79 60–63 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFE PAR KIN PAU CSF DYN
1   Efes Pilsen 10 8 2 736 693 +43 18 Advance to Group H — 93–77 75–60 78–76 69–66 87–84
2   Partizan Inex 10 6 4 753 669 +84 16 76–72 — 78–70 84–75 66–72 97–64
3   Kinder Bologna 10 5 5 738 718 +20 15 75–89 100–83 — 86–74 93–75 89–74
4   Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 767 734 +33 15 Advance to Group G 80–78 73–77 89–83 — 85–79 94–71
5   Caja San Fernando 10 4 6 630 705 −75 14 68–70 72–67 72–64 61–69 — 91–61
6   Dynamo Moscow 10 2 8 704 809 −105 12 73–82 71–72 64–78 70–65 79–75 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Qualification round edit

(The individual scores and standings of the First stage are accumulated in the Qualification round)

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MIL ALB OLY MAC CSK SPI
1   Stefanel Milano 16 11 5 1234 1175 +59 27 Advance to Play Offs — 80–91 73–71 73–63
2   Alba Berlin 16 10 6 1193 1167 +26 26 68–78 — 70–65 78–76
3   Olympiacos 16 9 7 1236 1131 +105 25 87–84 — 69–60 82–51
4   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 9 7 1209 1173 +36 25 67–69 70–79 — 80–66
5   CSKA Moscow 16 8 8 1177 1175 +2 24 71–76 74–65 — 96–66
6   Spirou Charleroi 16 1 15 1123 1297 −174 17 68–71 90–82 67–72 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TSB CIB EST LIM ÜLK PAN
1   Teamsystem Bologna 16 12 4 1262 1163 +99 28 Advance to Play Offs — 90–76 69–61 94–58
2   Cibona 16 10 6 1166 1126 +40 26 — 72–66 82–81 85–58
3   Estudiantes Argentaria 16 9 7 1309 1284 +25 25 — 68–70 97–63 92–70
4   Limoges CSP 16 8 8 1226 1234 −8 24 81–70 85–61 91–85 —
5   Ülker 16 5 11 1196 1243 −47 21 73–78 73–77 78–74 —
6   Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki 16 4 12 1162 1325 −163 20 72–88 84–76 91–95 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAO ASV OLI CSF PAU DYN
1   Panathinaikos 16 13 3 1218 1134 +84 29 Advance to Play Offs — 90–71 75–71 71–67
2   ASVEL 16 12 4 1225 1188 +37 28 — 83–81 67–65 82–52
3   Smelt Olimpija 16 10 6 1219 1119 +100 26 — 67–70 96–86 80–72
4   Caja San Fernando 16 7 9 1203 1194 +9 23 78–87 91–68 81–76 —
5   Pau-Orthez 16 6 10 1240 1251 −11 22 66–78 95–97 77–71 —
6   Dynamo Moscow 16 3 13 1140 1310 −170 19 88–81 86–90 64–76 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFE PAR FCB KIN CRO BAY
1   Efes Pilsen 16 12 4 1250 1156 +94 28 Advance to Play Offs — 96–70 74–64 91–68
2   Partizan Inex 16 9 7 1257 1228 +29 25 — 91–87 71–82 89–76
3   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 16 8 8 1244 1225 +19 24 69–67 75–73 — 73–72
4   Kinder Bologna 16 7 9 1274 1259 +15 23 92–103 — 73–57 90–100
5   Croatia Osiguranje 16 7 9 1055 1124 −69 23 78–56 76–75 68–70 —
6   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 16 2 14 1175 1312 −137 18 72–73 70–81 85–79 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Play Offs edit

Bracket edit

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eight-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                  
E1   Stefanel Milano 67 76 78 2
H4   Kinder Bologna 59 83 76 1
  Stefanel Milano 94 69 61 1
  Smelt Olimpija 90 73 77 2
F2   Cibona 61 66 61 1
G3   Smelt Olimpija 58 69 62 2
  Smelt Olimpija 65
  Olympiacos 74
G1   Panathinaikos 68 70 2
F4   Limoges CSP 67 55 0
  Panathinaikos 49 57 0
  Olympiacos 69 65 2
H2   Partizan Inex 71 61 69 1
E3   Olympiacos 81 60 74 2
  Olympiacos 73
  FCB Banca Catalana 58
F1   Teamsystem Bologna 73 79 2
G4   Caja San Fernando 70 75 0
  Teamsystem Bologna 70 73 62 1
  FCB Banca Catalana 65 75 87 2
E2   Alba Berlin 77 62 0
H3   FCB Banca Catalana 95 72 2
  FCB Banca Catalana 77
  ASVEL 70
H1   Efes Pilsen 76 65 84 2 Third Place
E4   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67 78 69 1
  Efes Pilsen 87 70 57 1   Smelt Olimpija 86
  ASVEL 71 80 62 2   ASVEL 79
G2   ASVEL 97 77 75 2
F3   Estudiantes Argentaria 74 79 71 1

Eight-Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Cibona   1–2   Smelt Olimpija 61–58 66–69 61–62
Stefanel Milano   2–1   Kinder Bologna 67–59 76–83 78–76
Partizan   1–2   Olympiacos 71–81 61–60 69–74
Panathinaikos   2–0   Limoges CSP 68–67 70–55
Alba Berlin   0–2   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 77–95 62–72
Teamsystem Bologna   2–0   Caja San Fernando 73–70 79–75
ASVEL   2–1   Estudiantes Argentaria 97–74 77–79 75–71
Efes Pilsen   2–1   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76–67 65–78 84–69

Quarter-Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Stefanel Milano   1–2   Smelt Olimpija 94–90 69–73 61–77
Teamsystem Bologna   1–2   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 70–65 73–75 62–87
Efes Pilsen   1–2   ASVEL 87–71 70–80 57–62
Panathinaikos   0–2   Olympiacos 49–69 57–65

Final four edit

Main article: 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals edit

April 22, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Smelt Olimpija   65–74   Olympiacos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana   77–70   ASVEL

3rd place game edit

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Smelt Olimpija   86–79   ASVEL

Final edit

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos   73–58   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
 
Olympiacos
1st Title

Final standings edit

Team
    Olympiacos
    FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
    Smelt Olimpija
  ASVEL

Awards edit

All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP edit

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team edit

First Team[2]
  David Rivers (MVP)   Olympiacos
  Dimitrios Papanikolaou   Olympiacos
  Brian Howard   ASVEL
  Andrés Jiménez   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
  Dragan Tarlać   Olympiacos

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer edit

Statistics edit

Individual statistics edit

Points edit

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.   Carlton Myers   Teamsystem Bologna 19 436 22.9
2.   Arijan Komazec   Kinder Bologna 16 351 21.9
3.   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 22 453 20.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.   Warren Kidd   Stefanel Milano 22 233 10.6
2.   Vitaly Nosov   Dynamo Moscow 16 162 10.1
3.   Hansi Gnad   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 16 147 9.2

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.   Michael Anderson   Caja San Fernando 17 104 6.1
2.   Delaney Rudd   ASVEL 24 138 5.8
3.   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 22 98 5.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics edit

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals   Michael Anderson   Caja San Fernando 17 2.7
Turnovers   Michael Anderson   Caja San Fernando 17 4.6
Minutes   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 22 39.0
FT %   Slaven Rimac   Cibona 19 93.3%
2-Point %   Arijan Komazec   Kinder Bologna 16 67.1%
3-Point %   Miroslav Berić   Partizan 19 47.9%

Individual game highs edit

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points   Tony Dawson   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 43   Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997)
Rebounds   Warren Kidd   Stefanel Milano 21   Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997)
Assists   Delaney Rudd   ASVEL 12   Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996)
  Michael Anderson   Caja San Fernando   Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996)
  ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997)
Steals   Jimmy Nebot   ASVEL 11   Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997)

Team statistics edit

Category Team Average
Points   Estudiantes Argentaria 80.7
Rebounds   Olympiacos 32.3
Assists   Pau-Orthez 16.6
Steals   Estudiantes Argentaria 11.2
Turnovers   Dynamo Moscow 16.9
FT %   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76.9%
2-Point %   Pau-Orthez 58.6%
3-Point %   Pau-Orthez 40.9%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ "Champions Cup 1996–97". linguasport.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

External links edit

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